Telecommunication system



Dec. 23, 1952 H. GARDERE 2,523,169

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM Filed March 22, 1950 ,cf/ 3 INVENTOR.

HENRI GARDERE www Patented Dec. 23, 1952 OFFICEl TELECOMMUNICATlQN r SYSTEM Apnlicaticnmarch'zz, 1950Seriamoi- 151,261 Iii;FrancezMarch,'lllllrl Thepresent inventionrelates.'toii-teletommuni?i cation-:systemsemployingia-high eqncn'cyiam,.l pl-itudemodulated: carrierfcurren trfnismis-ixy siorrxfot :i the 'f-two modulations; side-bands and 1- suppressiomof=the-carrier1wave;

Its f objet-,t1A 1s =fan-fimprovement .'af-fdeyice 'afoi'l` recenstitutin-gwthe carrier Waver as"also-fvarious1y methods lof '-using'fthis l'device-.e

I-t is' Well-knownthat,l infanorwtransmitted-car rier'ffwave-'system,1 it is -Anecessary to; restore Athe carrier-vcurrentf at' the Areceiving 'stationfwith the exactfrequencyit hadlat the'-transmitti-ngstation.v Y

French Patent--No`:803-,109 iiled-foneth June; 1935i; described a device'ma'kingit possible to-ob'- tain this resultinr-a i simple manner.- This device*- comprises anfauxiliary modulator; fedfon-theone hand by `the current received atlthe input `of `thereceiving station,- and` onthe y other `hand bylthe demodulated vcurrent l collectedy `atv-the :output ycl2-'fthe `mainedemodulator ;l this auxiliary demoduz- -20 latorfeedsithe main-demodula-tor throughiaband passiiilter or"aselectiveamplier;'off #Which-the. passeband is`- centered-inthe carrier-ffneeuen'cy.l4r

However-,a device cf this kind-mayvnd' itself aty fault, when vtheA signal-#to V-betransmitted comprises several "frequencies ,e inethe -vcase in Which the ,transmission isaiected bygseletive --afding-orI phase`- f distortions# The modulatedfcurrent rer-- ceivedon the rinput c of lthe receiving station, fact-,rnc longer-has the form-it had'at'the`outputofwthe transmitting station-:1'

The present invention; `which-imakes it possible f to. overcome vthisidrawback;V has asf-iter object i an*- :improvement -in fthe v1above@mentioned-device,- n' characterizedfin' this;A thatfthe #band-passelter 35 which'-is arrangedonfthe-output ofhzthe auxiliaryv modulator 1 andylby means .of fwhi'ch the;"supplyiofa-Sv carrier currentof the maindemodulator is effect ed, has' a narrower '.passebandithan-th'e1'deviatipn*s* between the =twof-` frequencies f nearest."fftogetlierm amongv those which constitute f `the spectrum; 'of-"- the modulating current.`V sv A The inventionV also comprises receiving. sets Aem ployingr such? a devicel lfor` --restoringnfthe Vcarrierv current. 45

Intherstvv oftheseuassembliesg.` one' and the same demodulator is used vboth-for thedernodul-aa4 tion properly soecalled of the signals and for the restoration of the carrier current; the two modulation side bands are Athen.totallydeinodulated In asecond assembly, onedemodulator is used for the dernodulation, properlysof-called,ofI 1thatv signals, anda separatemodulator.` for. the restoration of thecarrier current'which feeds the first demodulator; then one only of the two side-bands is demodulated- Finally,in.a third; arrangement; a separatedemodulatoriisusecllfor the dern'odulae tion-l otA Vtheasgnals oeach of Ythe Atwo side-bands:-

separated.byliiltering;L Thetwo `demodulatorsare fed simultaneouslyby the device for restoringthe carrier'current.

Such-setsare particularly applicable to systems.Y ensuringthe transmission, by hertzan waves, of

the'wholeof thechannels of a multiple harmonic telegraph system.

particularly -well suitedA to the carrying out of the so-called ydiversity l receiving device.

The attached drawings show schematically and byrwayof`A example 4the ,device `according lto the inventionand its various methods ofV use:

Fig. l shows the arrangement of thedevice for restoring the ,carrier current;

Fign2-`a set'for the reception ofr a single sideband; and

lig. 3 `asetyfor 'the separate reception of the two` sideebands.

Fi'grl shows the diagram of the device accord-` ingf to the f above-mentioned French Patent.

803,109. This device comprises the main demodulator 3) fed on the one hand by the modulated current received at l at the end of the transmission line, and onthe other'hand by the current at' the carrier frequency, obtained by arranging a iirst band-pass filter I4 (if need be combined with an 'amplierl centered on; this frequency,

on the output of an auxiliary modulator (l0) it-r self fed, onvthe one hand, by the modulated current received at I and on the other hand by a fraction ofthe currentY on the output of the lowpass filterl'l) (termed hereinafter the rst 10W- pass lterlfwhich follows the main demodulator.

The yapplicant has mathematically demonstrat ed and experimentally yeriedthat, if the/bandwidth'of filter fl4 is less 'than the deviation betweenthe freque-ncies of the twocomponents10i? the-modulating current, of which the frequencies are closest together, the parasitic components ine troduced during transmission by the amplitudeand phase-distortion are eliminated'and the current collected on the output'of this filter has the same lshape as theY carrier current used in the transmission.

A device of this-'Rindfor restoring'the carrier wavemaybeusedior the total demodulationof the two side-bands.l The rarrangement is then the-same. as that of Fig. l, the -demodulated `signalsrbeingrsimply vcollected at the output of the kdemodulator 3, .which then serves both for the restoration of the carrier current and for the reception; properly so-called, of the signals.

Thisarrangernent is the simplest vand most effective whenthe-transmission is carried out with a low-.level of atmospheric noises and little amplitudeorvphase-distortion: If,v however,l there is aphase distortionlbetween the components'of the The arrangement ensuring I the Aseparate'dernodulaton of the two bands is modulated current received at I and the carrier current restored at 4, -certain components of the signals may be suppressed. On the other hand, not only the two-side-bands, but also the interval between these two bands, which is useless, are

received at 2 in the demodulator, which helps to increase the atmospheric noises.

In order to overcome this drawback, another arrangement is used, shown schematically in Fig. 2, and comprising separate circuits for the demodulation, properly so-called, of the signals and for the restoration of the carrier current.

The system of restoration of the carrier current is the same as that shown in Fig. 1, and comprises the main demodulator 3, the iirst low-pass iilter I, the auxiliary modulator I II and the device for filtering the carrier current I 4. However, the demodulated and ltered current collected at 8 is only used to feed the auxiliary modulator I0.

The demodulation proper of the signals received is effected in a separate circuit comprising a bandpass lter I5, (termed hereinafter thesecond band-pass iilter) which only passes one of the two side-bands of the modulated current received, a demodulator i8, (termed hereinafter the rst demodulator) fed on the one hand by the current on the output of I and on the other hand by the restored carrier current collected at 4, and a low-pass iilter Il, (termed hereinafter the second low pass lter) eliminating the high-frequency component of the demodulation. This low-pass iilter is, moreover, optional. Owing to the single-band reception, the amplitudes of the components of the signals received are independent of the phase of the restored carrier current.

The invention also provides another embodiment of the receiving device, in which the two side-bands received are separated by iiltering demodulated separately (Fig. 3). l

There are then two separate receiving circuits, one comprising a second band-pass lter I5 centred on the upper side band, a rst demodulator I 5 and a second low-pass iilter I1, the other comprising a irst band-pass lter 25 centred on the lower side-band, a second demodulator 26 and a third low-pass filter 2l. The two demodulatc-rs I6 and 2S are fed with carrier current by the restoration device comprising the modulators 3 and Iii. The signals corresponding to the two bands are respectively collected at 28 and I8.

With this arrangement two independent receiving channels are available for the same received signals. This arrangement makes'it possible, in the case in which these signals comprise several frequencies, to employ the method known as the diversity method, by separately detecting the signals received on the two receiving channels.

What we claim is:

1. A receiving arrangement for modulated signals, the frequencies of which form a discontinuous spectrum and the carrier frequency of which is suppressed, comprising in combination, a transmisssion line for receiving the modulated signals; a main demodulator having an input connected to said transmission line; a iirst low-pass filter having an input connected to the output oi said main demodulator; an auxiliary modulator having an input connected to said transmission line, said auxiliary modulator being centered on the carrier frequency, the input of said auxiliary modulator being connected to the output of said first low-pass lter; a rst band-pass lter connected between said auxiliary modulator and said main demodulator, and havinga band width be- 4 ing less than the least deviation between the modulating frequencies; a second band-pass filter having an input connected to said transmission line and being tuned so as to pass one of the side bands of the signals received by said transmission line; a demodulator having an input connected to said second band-pass lter, said demodulator being connected to the output of said rst bandpass iilter so as to be fed thereby; and a second low-pass ilter having an input connected to the output of said demodulator, said second low-pass iilter eliminating the high-frequency components of the current delivered by said demodulator and having an output supplying the one side band to which said second band-pass filter is tuned, whereby parasitic current components introduced during transmission by amplitude and phase distortion are eliminated. l 2. A receiving arrangement for modulated signals, the frequencies of which form a discontinuous spectrum and thel carrier fraquency ofwhich is suppressed, comprising in combination, a transmission line lfor receiving the modulated signals; a main demodulator having an input connected to said transmission line; a first low-pass lter having an input connected to the output of said main demodulator; an auxiliary modulator having an inputA connected to said transmission line, said auxiliary modulator being centered on the carrier frequency, the input of said auxiliary modulator being connected to the output of said rst low-pass lter; a rst band-pass filter connected between said auxiliary modulator and said main demodulator, and having a band width being less than the least deviation between the modulating frequencies; a second band-pass lter having an input connected to said transmission line and being tuned so as to pass one of the side bands of the signals received by said transmission line; a rst demodulator having an input connected to said second band-pass filter, said iirst demodulator being connected to the output of said rst band-pass lter so as to be fed thereby; a second 10W-pass iilter having an input connected to the output of said rst demodulator, said second low-pass lter eliminating the highfrequency components of the current delivered by said first demodulatorl and having an output supplying the one side band to which said second band-pass lter is tuned; a third band-pass filter having an input connected to said transmission .line and being tuned so as to pass another of the side bands ofthe signals received by said transmission line; a second demodulator having an inputconnected to said third band-pass filter, said second demodulator being connected to the output of said rst band-pass lter so as to be fed thereby; and a third low-pass filter having an input connected to the output of said second demodulator, said third low-pass filter eliminating the high-frequency component of the current delivered by said second demodulator and having an output supplying the other side band to which said third band-pass lter is tuned.

HENRI GARDERE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Y. Number Name Date 1,922,282 Bellescize Aug. 15, 1933 2,108,117 Gardere et al. Feb. 15, 1938 2,480,575 Hare s Aug. 30, 1849 

